title: Mid-life smoking and cognition.
abstract: Apart from the well-established associations between smoking and increased risk for cardio- and cerebrovascular diseases, chronic obstructive lung disease and smoking-related cancers, it appears that cigarette smoking is also associated with dementia, deficiencies in executive functions, cognitive flexibility, general intellectual abilities, learning and/or memory processing speed, and working memory. These smoking-related neurological disturbances appear in both men and women to a similar extent and in all races.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine T, Ichilov Hospital, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pines
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015140:Dementia, Vascular / Q000453:epidemiology; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*